1 - Global Determinants of Health Flashcards
What is population health affected by?
- Demographic shape (age-sex)
- Economic compositon (wealth distribution)
- Behavioural and lifestyle factors (exercise, diet)
What does the burden of disease, ageing and disability depend on?
- Population size
- Population shape
- Age-sex specific rates
What are sociodemographic factors?
- Demographic transition
- Economic transition
- Behavioural and lifestyle
(POPULATION HEALTH)
What are population factors?
- Population size
- Population shape
- Age-sex specific rates
(BURDEN OF DISEASE)
How does population science make assumptions about the population in general?
Sampling
What is population strategy and high risk strategy?
PS - Targeting whole population
HRS - Targeting those at high risk
Go for the one that is going to lower the risk or disease the most
What is Geoffrey Rose’s Prevention Paradox?
- Large numbers of people must participate in a preventative strategy for direct benefit to relatively few. (e.g fluoride in water)
- Large number of people at small risk may generate more cases than a small number at a higher risk
What is a nanny state?
Term that describes the government as being overprotective or removing free choice (e.g fluoride in water)
What is
- Demography?
- Epidemiology?
- Statistics?
- Study of size and shape of population
- Study of disease in populations
- Study of data in numerical form
What is cause and consequence?
Cause:
Demography, Epidemiology, Statistics
Consequence:
Public Health, Disease prevention, Health promotion
Describe the demographic transition model?
Allows you to view natural increase and decline
What are the 6 leading causes of death in the 21st century in order?
- Dementia
- Heart Diseases
- Cerebrovascular diseases (e.g stroke)
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases (COPD)
- Cancer (Lung)
- Diabetes
Label these graphs?
Say about youthful, ageing and dependent populations
How does disability vary with demographic transition?
Cause = Demographic transition
Consequence: Prevalence of disability
What are the consequences of finances on healthcare in England?
